There's an old Spanish proverb that reads "three helping one another will do as much as six men singly." That spirit is alive and well with the five-time ASCAP Award-winning composers of CRIMINAL MINDS. Steffan Fantini, Marc Fantini and Scott Gordon create some of television's most unique music for each episode at their Santa Monica, CA studio.

"When we joined the show six years ago," explains Steffan, "the producers' directive was to bring the haunting elements from The Silence of The Lambs score into a more modern and contemporary arrangement. We came up with a hybrid score that blends dark orchestral, guitar loops and sound design."

Scott adds "music is composed that is literal to specific scene. A spot of blood or an eyelash is all addressed musically to build the drama of a scene for the viewer."

Marc was a child prodigy who played guitar solos on all The New Kids On The Block hits at the age of 12. Steffan plays many instruments but is noted for his keyboard abilities. Scott started out as a musician and became a recording engineer for major artists including Ringo Starr and Alanis Morissette. Together the three began producing and songwriting for performers including Aerosmith, Carol King, The Eagles and Tom Petty. Producing and songwriting eventually led to TV and film scoring. The team's credits include "Training Day," "Army Wives," and the upcoming "Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone."

The three composers take turns leading the creation of each episode's music. However, all three attend spotting sessions to develop their own perspective. "Knowing that our music is the unseen character, we strive to create a unique and original musical identity for each show," says Steffan.

"The payoff for us is that we can play off each other's strengths and weaknesses, says Scott. "The score helps set the tone for a scene. It can heighten the tension, the humor and adventure to new heights for the audience to enjoy," states Marc. "When the visuals and sounds come together it can make for an exciting show. Hopefully the fans agree."

DVR Playback Vaults “Hawaii Five-0″ into the Nielsen Top 10 Among All Network Shows for the Third Straight Week

Live Plus 7 Day Playback Boosts CBS’s Third Week Ratings By +1.53 Million Viewers and +0.6 Rating Points in Adults 18-49, More Than Any Other Network

Nine CBS Programs See Audience Gains of More than

+2 Million Viewers and Four Programs Are Boosted By at Least a Full Rating Point in Adults 18-49, More Than Any Other Network

HAWAII FIVE-0 and The Mentalistcontinued as the most played back programs in viewers, with both series gaining over additional 3 million viewers and at over a full rating point in adults 18-49, when factoring in live plus 7-day playback for the third week of the 2010-2011 season ending Oct. 10.

In week three of the season, CBS gained +1.53 million viewers over its live plus same day average (+13%), an additional +0.6 of a rating points in adults 18-49 (+20%) and seven tenths of a rating point in adults 25-54 (+18%).

Hawaii FIVE-o, the number one freshman series of the season, gained an additional +3.13 million viewers (and +1.1 rating points in adults 18-49) while The Mentalist added +3.06 million more viewers (and +1.1 ratings points in adults 18-49).

With live plus 7-day playback, Hawaii FIVE-o ranked 10th among all primetime programs in viewers during week three, the third consecutive week that DVR playback vaulted it into the top 10.

DVR 7-Day Playback Lift to CBS Television Network:

Viewers A18-49 A25-54

Live Plus Same Day Week 3 Avg. 11.95m 3.0 4.0

Live Plus 7-Day Week 2 Avg. 13.48m 3.6 4.7

+1.53m +0.6 +0.7

+13% +20% +18%

Among viewers, CBS had nine programs increase their audience by two million viewers or more.

Among adults 18-49, CBS had four programs increase by a full rating point or more.

Additionally, CBS had another 9 programs with audience gains of one million viewers or more and another 12 programs that gained at least half a rating point among adults 18-49.

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Welcome to the Criminal Minds Round Table. When we were positing names for this blog, and Sir Bedivere suggested Criminal Minds Round Table, we knew immediately that was the perfect name for our blog.

It fit in so many ways.

Many fans, and Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds' former Showrunner and Executive Producer) himself, compare the show and its characters to The Arthurian Legend and the Knights of the Round Table. Mr. Bernero even went so far as to say that he knew that the stories had to be “Arthurian” to appeal to the most people. The team meets to brief cases at a round table, and there are many parallels between our BAU team and the Knights and other Arthurian characters.

In addition, a Round Table discussion is what we want to have here about any and all topics Criminal Minds-related. In a Round Table discussion, each participant has equal status and equal time to present views. And finally, since this is going to be a group effort amongst a group of Criminal Minds fans, we are going to take turns around the table, with each of us posting about the show, our favorite characters and our favorite actors on the show.